Why in the world would sales reps in a trade show booth still jot down order information on a glorified contact form?

Since you already have a pencil and paper out for handwriting those orders, let’s see just how much time is wasted by not using a trade show sales app.

Paper Order Forms vs. Trade Show Sales App

If it takes on average five minutes to complete a handwritten order, and 500 orders are collected at the show, that equals 2,500 minutes.

That’s more than 40 hours.

That’s more than an entire work week of taking orders.

Hope your company has great medical benefits because that’s a lot of hand cramping.

But the fun isn’t over just yet.

Now your sales and shipping departments have to decipher what the order reads through smears and coffee stains.

The rep was in such a hurry to finish writing this order, now even he can’t read the customer’s credit card number or phone number to call him back for confirmation.

Is the product in stock? Maybe it was last week at the show, but now you’re on backorder.

You’re adding more time to fulfilling these orders by not using a trade show sales app.

FatStax allows companies to easily search for and share their products and collateral that prospects need in real time from just a couple taps on their iPad sales app. We have many customers that have experienced results using FatStax in their trade show booths.

The benefits of a trade show sales app are it will save you hours of post show work typing information into a CRM leaving prospects assigned properly and ready to have conversations, receive orders, and begin nurturing for future sales.

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About Corey Trojanowski

Corey joined the FatStax team in 2013 as our Marketing Communications Specialist.This self-determined, sarcastic, and highly motivated extrovert comes packed with a fiery competitive edge partnered with a strong mobile-savvy persona.